Monday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love British Film Music; Mapping the Music; Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby; Sarah's Essential Choice: Dvorak: American Quartet.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
9.30am
Mapping the Music. Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
11am
Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
Dvorak
American Quartet.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Prelude in D flat major, Op 34 No 15
Performer: Artur Pizarro.- COLLINS CLASSICS.
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5 Reaons to love... British Film Music
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William Walton
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
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Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby
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Henry Purcell
Sweeter than Roses
Performer: Anthony Rooley. Singer: Emma Kirkby.- DECCA.
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Frédéric Chopin
Preludes, Op.28 (Nos 4, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20 and 23)
Performer: Shura Cherkassky.- DECCA.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Fantasy No 1 in G minor
Performer: Thea King. Ensemble: Britten String Quartet.- HYPERION.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
'Lord! Lord! I will sing a new song' (Biblical Songs, Op.99)
Performer: Christoph Berner. Singer: Bernarda Fink.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Leanne Benjamin's Choice No. 1
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in A major, Op.28 No.7
Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
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Leanne Benjamin's Choice No. 2
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George Gershwin
Stairway to Paradise; The man I love
Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Leanne Benjamin's Choice No. 3
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor, Op 13, 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- EMI.
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Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo from L'amico Fritz
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Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby
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Antonio Vivaldi
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Simon Preston.- L’OISEAU LYRE.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
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The Building a Library Recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review
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AntonÃn Dvořák
String Quartet in F major, Op.96 ‘American’
Ensemble: Keller Quartet.- Erato.
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George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No 1
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in F Minor Op. 2, No. 1
Mapping the Music
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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)
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